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Zucchini Enchiladas

Here's how you make Zucchini Enchiladas
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 20m
  • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • CHILE CREAM SAUCE
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup diced green chilies
  • ZUCCHINI ENCHILADAS
  • 6 corn tortillas (8 inch)
  • 3 tablespoons oil (olive oil)
  • 2 1/2 cups zucchini, chopped
  • 1 cup yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 2 cups Monterey jack cheese, shredded (divided)
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 3 sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: CHILE CREAM SAUCE: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat, add flour. Gradually add milk and chicken broth, stirring until blended. Increase heat to medium. Add chilies. Cook, stirring, until sauce has a creamy texture (about 10 minutes). Makes 3 cups. Set aside to use for topping enchiladas.

  • Step 2: ZUCCHINI ENCHILADAS: Preheat oven to 350ºF.

  • Step 3: In a skillet saute onions, zucchini and cumin with the olive oil until onions are transparent.

  • Step 4: Spread 1/2 cup of warm chili cream sauce in the bottom of a 2-quart baking dish and set aside rest of sauce, keeping it warm.

  • Step 5: In a bowl, mix zucchini and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese. Set aside.

  • Step 6: Warm tortillas so they are pliable (do this according to package directions, or use whatever method you prefer). One by one, dip warmed tortillas in the pan of remaining sauce and remove immediately (if allowed to sit in the sauce, the tortilla will start to dissolve). Move each dipped tortilla to the baking dish and put 1/6 of the reserved filling mixture in the center of the tortilla. Roll each tortilla and arrange in the baking dish, seam side down. Repeat until all the tortillas and filling are used up. Cover enchiladas with remaining sauce and 1/2 cup cheese. Bake for approximately 20 minutes at 350ºF, or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly. Remove from oven and top sour cream and cilantro.


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